The Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) reported that two children were killed and two soldiers were injured during a gun battle with terrorists in South Waziristan's Zinghara area on Thursday.
The Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) has called for a countrywide shutter down strike in Pakistan on Monday to protest against the skyrocketing inflation and recent increase in prices of petroleum products.
A massive earthquake struck Turkey and Syria on Monday, killing over 21,000 people. The search for survivors has been hampered by bitter cold and the difficulty of accessing areas affected by the quake.